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==== Alter Nature Symposium ==== | ==== Alter Nature Symposium ==== | ||
- | Some thoughts picked up at the "Alter Nature Symposium", | + | Some collected thought circuits |
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+ | Fri, Feb.18, 011 - University of Hasselt [BE] - Program and Speakers info > http:// | ||
- | Fri, Feb.18, 011 - University of Hasselt [BE] | ||
=== Designing Nature === | === Designing Nature === | ||
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+ | Ignace Schops (landscaping expert, herpetologist; | ||
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+ | A sustainable civilization flourishes when people plant trees under which they never will sit... | ||
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+ | Tourism is one of the biggest threats for nature. | ||
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+ | We entered the sixth stage of extinction - (See > The Red List of Threatened Species (The International Union for Conservation of Nature) - http:// | ||
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+ | We need international agreements; nature-based-design (f.i. self-healing plastic; [[http:// | ||
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+ | America wants to be a one-day China (Al Gore) | ||
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**Adam Zaretsky - Art & Gene Action: Pathways to Expression** | **Adam Zaretsky - Art & Gene Action: Pathways to Expression** | ||
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**Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (artist/ | **Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (artist/ | ||
- | **Will scientists become the exclusive designers of living technology? | + | '**Will scientists become the exclusive designers of living technology? |
Is this even design, or must we find new words to describe it? We might have to define new design tools to | Is this even design, or must we find new words to describe it? We might have to define new design tools to | ||
- | negotiate this changing interpretation of life.** | + | negotiate this changing interpretation of life.**' |
- | Synthetic aesthetics is a research project at Stanford and Edinburgh Universities, | + | 'Synthetic aesthetics is a research project at Stanford and Edinburgh Universities, |
- | http:// | + | http:// |
- | === Designing Life === | + | === Designing |
- | **Koen Vanmechelen** talked about his well known // | + | Prof. Dr. Catherine Verfaillie. Expert in Stem Cell Biology. Director of the Interdepartmental Stem Cell Institute at the KULeuven. |
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+ | Artist Koen Vanmechelen [BE] talked about his well known //[[http:// | ||
dr. Ir. Rinie van Est from the dutch //Rathenau Institute// raised questions fused by the **Bio-Machine Era** [Joel Garreau, 2004]: 'What does it mean to be human/What is the human condition; Who controls the brain interventions; | dr. Ir. Rinie van Est from the dutch //Rathenau Institute// raised questions fused by the **Bio-Machine Era** [Joel Garreau, 2004]: 'What does it mean to be human/What is the human condition; Who controls the brain interventions; | ||
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And pointed out the importance of **[[http:// | And pointed out the importance of **[[http:// | ||
+ | The Creation of a Biological Spare Part: Manufacturing Tissues by Developmental Engineering | ||
+ | Prof. Dr. Frank Luyten (Tigenix, BE); expert in regenerative medicine, cellular therapeutics, | ||
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+ | "A close interaction between the efforts of biologists and of engineers can speed up tissue engineering processes / **Growing Systems** f.i. like growing a bone in vitro with Bioreactors... We introduced the term **Developmental Engineering**, | ||
=== Owning Life === | === Owning Life === | ||
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//Dr. Berthold Rutz (EU patent examiner) | //Dr. Berthold Rutz (EU patent examiner) | ||
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- | "__Definition of Patents__ | + | |
- | Legal title granting the holder the right to prevent others from using an invention without authorisation. | + | __Definition of Patents__: A legal title granting the holder the right to prevent others from using an invention without authorisation. It is not a right to practise the invention |
- | It is not a right to practise the invention | + | |
The patent system added to the fuel of interest to the fire of genius." | The patent system added to the fuel of interest to the fire of genius." | ||
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- | === **Related | + | === References |
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+ | __Events__ | ||
**Alter Nature** - http:// | **Alter Nature** - http:// | ||
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till March 13, 2011 - http:// | till March 13, 2011 - http:// | ||
- | **Certified Copy** | + | **Body / Art / Bioethics** - A SymbioticA Symposium exploring the culture and ethics of the use and ownership of living material, from the cell to the whole body, in art, science, law and philosophy. Universtity of Western Australia, Perth. August 6, 2010. - http:// |
- | An exhibition on the notions of copying and cloning at Verbeke Foundation [BE] till April 10, 2011- http:// | + | |
+ | **Certified Copy** | ||
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+ | __Research Centers__ | ||
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+ | **Arts & Genomics Centre/ BioArts** - a multidisciplinary platform led by Prof.dr. R. Zwijnenberg that " | ||
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+ | **Biopolitics / Human Tissue Economies** - Prof. Catherine Waldby. Director of the Biopolitics of Science research network, Sydney University. - One of her research areas is a feminist-Marxist critique of the distribution and use of parts of bodies, classified as “gift” or “waste” - http:// | ||
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+ | **Environmental Studies** ' | ||
+ | research focus on disturbed molecular mechanisms within plants which are subject to stress caused by heavy metals. | ||
+ | Prof. Dr. Ann Cuypers - http:// | ||
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+ | **Gen Doping** | ||
+ | Contra: [[http:// | ||
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+ | Pro: Prof. Andy Miah (Futurologist/ | ||
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+ | Both blossom in documentary 'Die Mutanten Greifen An' (Mutants Attack) A German documentary (ZDF), discussed in this article > http:// | ||
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+ | **Hasty Lab of Systems Biodynamics** - http:// | ||
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+ | **[[http:// | ||
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+ | **Technoprogressivism** - The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (US) - Showcase technoprogressive ideas | ||
+ | http:// | ||
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+ | __Writings__ | ||
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+ | **Design as a Method - Governing by Design** - Paolo Antonelli' | ||
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+ | Garreau, Joel. (2005) **Radical Evolution**: | ||
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+ | **GM and Nanotech / Grey Goo** | ||
+ | Joy, Bill. Why the future doesn' | ||
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+ | **GM and Plants/ | ||
- | **Center For Environmental Studies** (Centrum voor Milieukunde- CMK); University | + | |
- | research focused on disturbed molecular mechanisms within plants which are subject to stress caused by heavy metals. | + | |
- | Core competences | + | |
- | 1. Effects of (a)biotic stress factors at different biological organisation levels: from molecular to ecosystem level | + | |
- | 2. Remediation | + | |
- | 3. Policy supporting environmental research | + | |
- | Contact person: Prof. Dr. Ann Cuypers | + | |
- | http://www.uhasselt.be/ | + | |
- | **Garreau, Joel** (2005) Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies, and What It Means to Be Human - Doubleday. | + | |
- | ** Hasty Lab of Systems Biodynamics** | + | - Ordered List ItemA Tale of Two Botanies. Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins. In: Wired. Issue 8.04, Apr. 2000 - [[http://www.wired.com/ |
+ | Jones, R. A. L. (2004). **Soft Machines: Nanotechnology and Life**. Oxford Univ. Press (UK). - [[http:// | ||
+ | Steels, Luc. **Analogies between Genome and Language Evolution** Sony CSL, Paris. 2004. [[http:// | ||
// notes by bartaku based on live talks and hand-outs | // notes by bartaku based on live talks and hand-outs | ||
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